HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 502 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009 Expiration: 800 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PATCHES OF FREEZING FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES
STAY BELOW FREEZING. LAYERS OF THIN ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ON ELEVATED SURFACES. PATCHES OF BLACK ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
ROADWAYS AND COULD MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. EXPECT THE THREAT FOR ICE
TO DECREASE AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING LATE THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM.
ADDITIONALLY...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
$$ FREEZING FOG ADVISORY Issue Date: 403 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009 Expiration: 1000 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING...
.RELATIVELY WARMER AIR OVER THE TOP OF THE SNOW PACK HAS PROMOTED THE
FORMATION OF PATCHY FOG ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. WITH TEMPERATURES
BELOW THE FREEZING POINT AND THE SNOW KEEPING SURFACE TEMPERATURES
SUPPRESSED... ANY FOG THAT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE CHILLED
OBJECTS WILL FREEZE AND CREATE A LAYER OF ICE THAT WILL BE
DIFFICULT... IF NOT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE.
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FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...
MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...
BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
403 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING.
* THE FREEZING FOG ADVISORY WILL LAST UNTIL AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING
WHEN THE SUN WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HEATING THE SURFACE AND
AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING.
* EXPECT THE FOG TO BE PATCHY IN NATURE AS THE WARM AIR FROM THE
SOUTH FLOWS ACROSS THE SNOW PACK AND BECOMES CHILLED BELOW THE
FREEZING POINT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO A QUARTER
MILE OR LESS.
* MANY EXPOSED SURFACES... SUCH AS RAILINGS... DECKS... SIDEWALKS...
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE A
LAYER OF ICE. DRIVING AND EVEN WALKING MAY BE HAZARDOUS UNTIL THE
FOG LIFTS AND THE TEMPERATURES CLIMB HIGH ENOUGH TO MELT THE ICE
DEPOSIT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
ALSO...BE ALERT FOR FROST ON BRIDGE DECKS CAUSING SLIPPERY ROADS.
$$
DUSTY
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